Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-23
PROGRESS AT MONROvIA.
A New Hank, New street Rail
way. New Hotel

fnUUhECS A MONROVAA'
A New HANK. New street Rail,
way, New Hotel.
The busiest town of its size in 'Lo
Angeles county is the beautiful town o.
Mourovia. An excursion to that plact
is great delight, and sojourns;ii
Grand View Hotel of Mr.. j s. KeefeI
is a luxury indeed. What Mr.. Keefel
does not do for the comfort and happi
ness of his guests is not worth doing
No more charming hotel adorns our lofty
Sierra Madre mesas than Keefer's Grand
View.
A visit to Monrovia after an absence
of six weeks reveals most astonishing
changes, among which are the erection
of twenty-five good houses, the con.
struction of large car stables, new
Hotel Belmont, and tie formation OF
two banking companies. Work on the
two story granite bank building has been
begun, and another
NEW BANK BUILDING
Corner Of Orange and Myrtle avenues,
has been commenced. The new build
ing will be two stories high, made of
BRICK with ornamental fronts. Follow.
ing are the Directors of the new institu-
tion: j. w. Meyers. a banker of LIE Mars
Island, Iowa, l.. l.. Bradbury F. N.
Meyers. John f. Broissart, J. F. Sara.
tory aud Geo. w. Perkins. The Board
is composed of wealthy men, who mean
business.
NEW STREET RAILWAY.
A new street railway company was
organized on Thursday last, with the
following Board of Directors: K. L.
Buck, John Wilde, L. l.. Bradbury, II.
L. Green, G. w. Perkins and f. N.
Meyers.
The liue will start from the depot of
the A. 7. & S. F, railway and extend up
Myrtle avenue to Lemon, to Ivy, to the
foothills at the head OF Ivy avenue. The
track will pass by the Hotel Monrovia,
the Grand View and the Monrovia
House TO lofty point of view near the
residence of Hon. e. F. Spence. 1t is
proposed to push the road through as
fast as possible. When this is COM
pleted it will pass the valuable and
CHARMING KEEPER TRACT.
This fine body of land was purchased
of Mrs. Keefer by Messrs. Buck &
Campbell and Il. L. Green & Co., who
have subdivided it into lots which they
are selling at $3.50 to $1,000 each. The
tract consists of thirty acres of rare
land, part of it covered by grove of
young budded orange trees and part by
q beautiful oak orchard. The fine or
chard of w. N. Monroe. on the other
side of MYRTLE avenue, shows what this
land will produce in fruits and flowers.
The outlook is beautiful, the location
genteel and the soil surprisingly rich.
OF the $50 lots in this tract, large nun.
ber have been sold to wealthy people
who will erect handsome residences
thereon. So great was the desire for q
street railway between the present de.
pot and the mountains that the stock
for the track, rolling stock aud motive
power was taken in half an hour. The
dummy line to be built from Arcadia to
will pass through the Fifth
avenue section of Monrovia, in front of
the residences of J. NJ. Studebaker,
Gen. Pyle, w. N. Monroe. j. 1. Case, the
Keefer tract and the residence of Mr..
Spence, on through the orange groves Of
Duarte to the romantic San Gabriel
caion. This line will be lined with
of gentlemen who have con.
quered q success in the affairs
Of life and fnd this part of the
country more cheerful and enjoyable
than any other. The small fraction
of the Duarte rancho, which extended
across Myrtle avenue and claimed to be
"West Dnarte," is now united with
Monrovis, and the station of MoHrovia
at the foot Of Myrtle avenue now repre-.
sents the whole Monrovia settlement.
BY the politeness of Messrs. Buck &
representative OF the HERALD
was shown over the great Arcadia tract,
which will, with Monrovia, make one
great city of 10000 people in few
1t seems that the utmost good
feeling prevails between the two settle
ments, which will soon become one live.
ly and prosperous city, with opera
house, high school and public library.
Arcadia is now on strife with Monro.
via to see which shall be greatest. The
great perfumery garden at Arcadia is
being rapidly planted, near the track of
the l.. A. l. s. CIV. r R, and will soon
be an important feature in the products
Of the country. Mr.. e. J. Baldwin will
erect large two-story building on the
corner OF Walnut and First avenue this
week for his real estate headquarters. A
railway will be constructed from the do.
bet of the l.. A. & s. G. v. r. R. up
First avenue to the dummy line for
Monrovia. This will carry passengers
to the great Hotel Santa Anita. The
sale of real estate in both settlements is
very active, and daily makes the notary
tired by his official duties. The passen.
ger travel to and from Monrovia is very |
large, and the freight business is twice
too large for the depot to accommodate.
Buck 4 Campbell report large de. |
maud for Arcadia property from wealthy !
purchasers, and rush all the time in |
their line of business at Monrovia.